BulldogMJP

Pro comp springs. 4" lift. It handles great just very hard ride.

MFX

Subscribed! I have the teraflex 2.5" lift with the TF 9500 shocks and things are pretty rough. Wondering if swapping out shocks will help soften the ride.

k0260

Yeah it does seem to be more one way or another for shocks ride feel. Rather than pay the expense of sending these out to Fox for re-valving, I'd prefer to sacrifice a little of the on road plush ride for much improved off road performance

cava

If your not worried about off-road and losing some clearance I would look installing a AVE control arm correction bracket. With the angle of your control arms your always going to feel every bump.

thecoz

So I just got the evo plush coils and I am thinking about 5100s. So you had these first and they rode good??

k0260

Yes I had the 5100's first. The on road ride felt much softer than the Fox 2.0 remote res shocks. That said, I do love the Fox 2.0's for their off road performance. The dampening is a lot more sensitive on the Fox' making for a smoother ride off road. In all the Bilstein 5100's are a great all around shock, nearly all that run or have ran them loves them.

BulldogMJP

Aev brackets, worth a try. My steering and handling feels fine but every bump, hole, ridge and crack in the road can be felt. I'm going to try the brackets.

GJeep

The difference between shocks is their quality, and not necessarily their softness.
Softness is determined by the shocks' valving, not by quality or price.

Coil and shock work together as a system, therefore the shocks' valving should fit the specific coil.
It is possible to tune a shock -- within a certain range of hardness/softness -- in which the shock works properly with a specific coil.
'Properly' means that, after a bump, the suspension goes up & down roughly 1.5 cycles.
Valve it to be too hard, and the coil can hardly move.
Valve it to be too soft, and the coil moves too freely, the Jeep becomes too bouncy, and the bump stops would often get hit.
Too hard or too soft also spoils road handling.

Whatever shocks you choose, they have to suit the coils.
If the ride with the new shock is too hard or too soft, you'll need to re-valve the shocks.
This means sending the socks for re-valving, and paying for it. It may take 2 or even 3 re-valvings before you're satisfied.

That's why I suggested the Fox which you can tweak by yourself, over 8 degrees of softness.
Link:On page 5

TAT2DFREAK

I am pretty sure if you look at the coils and try and stick you finger between the coils it will just bairly fit and to me this is the reason for a hard ride.

Tonka_yellow

The rancho have a little knob that you can turn to make the ride harder or softer. Also bilstien 5100 > old man emu.